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A quarter-century later, this issue is still an open wound. People who were hurt are still hurting

‘Today we were unlucky,” the IRA said in an infamous statement claiming responsibility for the Brighton bomb in 1984. While five people had been killed, their target, Margaret Thatcher, emerged unscathed. “But remember we have only to be lucky once,” the IRA sneered. “You will have to be lucky always.”

The Northern conflict arguably began in January 1969 when loyalists violently attacked a civil rights march at Burntollet Bridge and was perhaps bookended by the Omagh bomb in August 1998 – months after the Good Friday Agreement – which turned out to be the worst atrocity of all.

Rory Carroll's 'There Will Be Fire' revisits an infamous 1984 IRA bombing. He explains why it was important to have sympathy for all sides of the Troubles.

The HBO Max library favors classic, high-quality science fiction films like 2001, Blade Runner and Terminator 2.

‘Today we were unlucky,” the IRA said in an infamous statement claiming responsibility for the Brighton bomb in 1984. While five people had been killed, their target, Margaret Thatcher, emerged unscathed. “But remember we have only to be lucky once,” the IRA sneered. “You will have to be lucky always.”

Four decades ago, a hotel bomb nearly claimed the lives of Margaret Thatcher and her ministers. Can we still feel the aftershocks?

The inside story on how a high-profile IRA bomb team was tracked down and captured has been revealed on a new book about an attempt to kill Margaret Thatcher almost 40 years ago.

THE author of a new book about the IRAs attempt to kill Margaret Thatcher believes the arrest of the man responsible along with other republicans delivered a "significant" blow to the organisation.

Patrick Magee (pictured) is the Brighton bomber. he masterminded the devastating attack on the Conservative Partys 1984 conference which left five people dead and nearly killed Margaret Thatcher.